Big Creek, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri}}

Big Creek is an unincorporated community in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|735336}} The community was located along Big Creek, approximately 2.5 miles south of Yukon and one-half mile east of Missouri Route 137.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}} The Big Creek school was south of the creek and the Big Creek church was about one-half mile north along a county road.Clear Springs, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1945 (1966 ed.)

History

A post office called Big Creek was established in 1867, and remained in operation until 1909.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Texas | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 December 2016}} The community takes its name from nearby Big Creek.{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archivedate=June 24, 2016 | url-status=live | title=Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | accessdate=December 28, 2016 }}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri